2014 Run To The Sun Photo Contest Giveaway — Official Rules

March 10, 2014

2014 Run to the Sun Photo Contest Ticket Giveaway

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:

(1) Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., parent company of Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) and Connecticut Public Television Sports Network (CPTV Sports) will award a prize package consisting of the following: two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, March 22nd and two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, March 23rd. The value of each prize packet (2 tickets) is approximately $32.00. Participants of all ages may enter, but an adult must accompany individuals under 13 years of age. Individuals are encouraged to submit multiple entries. Entries become property of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.

(2) All photographic entries must be received via the appropriate forms of social media by Wednesday, March 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (Eastern Time). Individuals are allowed an unlimited amount of entries. Entries can be submitted through the following CPTV Sports online social media: www.facebook.com/cptvsports, www.twitter.com/cptvsports, and www.instagram.com/cptvsports. Also, individuals may submit a photo by mail to
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
1049 Asylum Ave.
Hartford, Connecticut 06105

(3) No purchase is necessary to enter or to win.

(4) Additional Rules
a. Eligibility
Contest is offered only to Connecticut residents. Participants of all ages may enter. Employees and trustees of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., CPTV, and CPTV Sports and their affiliated and subsidiary companies and the immediate family or members of their same households of such employees and trustees are not eligible. By entering, entrants agree to these Official Contest Rules, and the decisions of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., which are final and binding in all respects. This contest is not sponsored nor affiliated with Mohegan Sun or the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, but these entities reserve the right to alter or modify seat assignments based on when games are scheduled to occur in each session.
b. Promotional Period
Promotional period begins on Monday, March 10th at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and ends on Wednesday March 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (Promotional Period). At the end of the Promotional Period, two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena ($32.00 value) on Saturday, March 22nd and two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena ($32.00 value) on Sunday, March 23rd will be determined. Mohegan Sun, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Connecticut Public Broadcasting. Inc., and CPTV Sports reserve the right to decide what sessions the tickets shall be used in. This contest is not sponsored nor affiliated with Mohegan Sun nor the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.
c. Entry
To enter, submit photos involving your CPTV Sports viewing experience to www.instagram.com/cptvsports, www.facebook.com/cptvsports, or www.twitter.com/cptvsports. Individuals that do not wish to participate via online entry are encouraged to send in a photo by mail to:
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
1049 Asylum Ave.
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
You must include “run to the sun” in your entry, along with the photo, to be considered for a winning entry. Entries, which are not completed with any requested information, will be deemed ineligible. The eligibility of any entry will be determined by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., whose judgment is final.
No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, illegible, incorrectly addressed social media posts; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic, or internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, or service provider/Internet/web site/ use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or in accurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information.
d. Drawing
Four (4) winners of the contest will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries received. The name listed on the social media account of entry shall be the name included in the drawing. To be eligible for the contest drawing, entries must be received between Monday, March 10th, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and Wednesday, March 19th, at 9:00 p.m. (ET) (Promotional Period). The winners of the drawing will first be notified through the social media account of entry within approximately one (1) hour of the drawing on Wednesday, March 19th. The drawing will be conducted under the supervision of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
e. Prizes/Odds
The prizes consist of two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 22nd and two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, March 23rd. The value of each prize package is approximately $32.00. The winners will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries received during the Promotional Period.
Odds of winning in any drawing depend on the number of eligible entries received for that drawing during the Promotional Period. No assignment, transfer, or substitution of prize is permitted. There will be no limit on the number of eligible entries.
f. General Conditions
By entering the contest, winners agree to the following:
Where permitted by law, winner agrees to grant to Sponsor(s) and those acting pursuant to the direction of control of either of them, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner’s name, photo submission, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration; and further without such additional compensation, appear for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or other activity which may include filming/audio/video electronic or other recordings and/or interviews, as may be determined from time to time by the Sponsor(s).
By accepting a prize, a winner agrees that any Affidavit and/or Releases, and any grant of permission to use the winner’s name, photo submission, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information, as stated above, may be secured by Sponsor(s) electronically, for example but not limited to, by email or by facsimile, and such secured Affidavit and/or Releases and permission will have the same force and effect as if any of them had been secured in a written document which was physically executed by the winner. Further, by accepting a prize, each winner releases and agrees to hold harmless the Sponsor(s), Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., and Connecticut Public Television Sports Network (CPTV Sports) and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective trustees, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of each of them from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly, or indirectly, form acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in any contest related activity, or participation in this contest. Void where prohibited.
The Sponsor(s) reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual they find, in their sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or web site; to be in violation of the Terms of Service of the web site, to be acting in violation of the Official Contest Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. The Sponsor(s) will prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law.
g. Limitations of Liability
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., and Connecticut Public Television Sports Network (CPTV Sports) and any of its related or affiliated companies (collectively, “Sponsor Parties”), are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the web site. Sponsor Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computed related to or resulting from participating in the contest or downloading materials from or use of the web site. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection of computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor(s), could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest, Sponsor(s) reserve the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this contest for any drawing(s) and select the winner from entries received that drawing prior to the action taken or in such other manner Sponsor(s) deems fair and equitable.
IN NO EVENT WILL CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC. AND CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION SPORTS NETWORK (CPTV SPORTS), OR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES, AND RELATED COMPANIES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, TRUSTEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE ACCESS TO AND USE OF INTERNET SITE WWW.CPBN.ORG, WWW.CPTV.ORG OR WWW.CPTVSPORTS.ORG OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED—AS IS—WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABLITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSIOS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. ENTRANTS ARE ADISED TO CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
h. Winner List
For the names of the contest winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope receipt by Friday, March 28th, to: 2014 Run to the Sun Photo Contest Ticket Giveaway, C/O Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., 1049 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Connecticut 06105. Individuals are encouraged to submit multiple entries. The names of winners will posted at www.cpbn.org, www.cptv.org, and www.cptvsports.org.

2014 Run to the Sun Photo Contest Ticket Giveaway

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:

(1) Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., parent company of Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) and Connecticut Public Television Sports Network (CPTV Sports) will award a prize package consisting of the following: two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, March 22nd and two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, March 23rd. The value of each prize packet (2 tickets) is approximately $32.00. Participants of all ages may enter, but an adult must accompany individuals under 13 years of age. Individuals are encouraged to submit multiple entries. Entries become property of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.

(2) All photographic entries must be received via the appropriate forms of social media by Wednesday, March 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (Eastern Time). Individuals are allowed an unlimited amount of entries. Entries can be submitted through the following CPTV Sports online social media: www.facebook.com/cptvsports, www.twitter.com/cptvsports, and www.instagram.com/cptvsports. Also, individuals may submit a photo by mail to
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
1049 Asylum Ave.
Hartford, Connecticut 06105

(3) No purchase is necessary to enter or to win.

(4) Additional Rules
a. Eligibility
Contest is offered only to Connecticut residents. Participants of all ages may enter. Employees and trustees of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., CPTV, and CPTV Sports and their affiliated and subsidiary companies and the immediate family or members of their same households of such employees and trustees are not eligible. By entering, entrants agree to these Official Contest Rules, and the decisions of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., which are final and binding in all respects. This contest is not sponsored nor affiliated with Mohegan Sun or the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, but these entities reserve the right to alter or modify seat assignments based on when games are scheduled to occur in each session.
b. Promotional Period
Promotional period begins on Monday, March 10th at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and ends on Wednesday March 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (Promotional Period). At the end of the Promotional Period, two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena ($32.00 value) on Saturday, March 22nd and two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena ($32.00 value) on Sunday, March 23rd will be determined. Mohegan Sun, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Connecticut Public Broadcasting. Inc., and CPTV Sports reserve the right to decide what sessions the tickets shall be used in. This contest is not sponsored nor affiliated with Mohegan Sun nor the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.
c. Entry
To enter, submit photos involving your CPTV Sports viewing experience to www.instagram.com/cptvsports, www.facebook.com/cptvsports, or www.twitter.com/cptvsports. Individuals that do not wish to participate via online entry are encouraged to send in a photo by mail to:
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
1049 Asylum Ave.
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
You must include “run to the sun” in your entry, along with the photo, to be considered for a winning entry. Entries, which are not completed with any requested information, will be deemed ineligible. The eligibility of any entry will be determined by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., whose judgment is final.
No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, illegible, incorrectly addressed social media posts; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic, or internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, or service provider/Internet/web site/ use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or in accurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information.
d. Drawing
Four (4) winners of the contest will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries received. The name listed on the social media account of entry shall be the name included in the drawing. To be eligible for the contest drawing, entries must be received between Monday, March 10th, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and Wednesday, March 19th, at 9:00 p.m. (ET) (Promotional Period). The winners of the drawing will first be notified through the social media account of entry within approximately one (1) hour of the drawing on Wednesday, March 19th. The drawing will be conducted under the supervision of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
e. Prizes/Odds
The prizes consist of two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, March 22nd and two (2) prize packages of two (2) tickets to the 2014 CIAC Basketball Championships at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, March 23rd. The value of each prize package is approximately $32.00. The winners will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries received during the Promotional Period.
Odds of winning in any drawing depend on the number of eligible entries received for that drawing during the Promotional Period. No assignment, transfer, or substitution of prize is permitted. There will be no limit on the number of eligible entries.
f. General Conditions
By entering the contest, winners agree to the following:
Where permitted by law, winner agrees to grant to Sponsor(s) and those acting pursuant to the direction of control of either of them, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner’s name, photo submission, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration; and further without such additional compensation, appear for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or other activity which may include filming/audio/video electronic or other recordings and/or interviews, as may be determined from time to time by the Sponsor(s).
By accepting a prize, a winner agrees that any Affidavit and/or Releases, and any grant of permission to use the winner’s name, photo submission, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information, as stated above, may be secured by Sponsor(s) electronically, for example but not limited to, by email or by facsimile, and such secured Affidavit and/or Releases and permission will have the same force and effect as if any of them had been secured in a written document which was physically executed by the winner. Further, by accepting a prize, each winner releases and agrees to hold harmless the Sponsor(s), Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., and Connecticut Public Television Sports Network (CPTV Sports) and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective trustees, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of each of them from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly, or indirectly, form acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in any contest related activity, or participation in this contest. Void where prohibited.
The Sponsor(s) reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual they find, in their sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or web site; to be in violation of the Terms of Service of the web site, to be acting in violation of the Official Contest Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. The Sponsor(s) will prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law.
g. Limitations of Liability
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., and Connecticut Public Television Sports Network (CPTV Sports) and any of its related or affiliated companies (collectively, “Sponsor Parties”), are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the web site. Sponsor Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computed related to or resulting from participating in the contest or downloading materials from or use of the web site. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection of computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor(s), could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest, Sponsor(s) reserve the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this contest for any drawing(s) and select the winner from entries received that drawing prior to the action taken or in such other manner Sponsor(s) deems fair and equitable.
IN NO EVENT WILL CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC. AND CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION SPORTS NETWORK (CPTV SPORTS), OR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES, AND RELATED COMPANIES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, TRUSTEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE ACCESS TO AND USE OF INTERNET SITE WWW.CPBN.ORG, WWW.CPTV.ORG OR WWW.CPTVSPORTS.ORG OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED—AS IS—WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABLITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSIOS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. ENTRANTS ARE ADISED TO CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
h. Winner List
For the names of the contest winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope receipt by Friday, March 28th, to: 2014 Run to the Sun Photo Contest Ticket Giveaway, C/O Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc., 1049 Asylum Ave., Hartford, Connecticut 06105. Individuals are encouraged to submit multiple entries. The names of winners will posted at www.cpbn.org, www.cptv.org, and www.cptvsports.org.

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